The Sphinx

8,170 x 5,515 pixels Canon EOS R5 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS USM 3 focus stacked frames 1/80 sec, f/8, ISO 100 Reduced to 6,000px wide to meet 50mb file size limit. Image by: David Lennard Sedona is located in the interior chaparral, semi desert grassland, Great Basin conifer woodland biomes of northern Arizona. The first documented human presence in the Sedona area dates from between 11,500-9000 B.C. It was not until 1995 that a Clovis projectile point discovered in Honanki revealed the presence of the Paleo-Indians, who were big game hunters. Around 9000 B.C., the pre-historic Archaic people appeared in the Verde Valley. The Yavapai and Apache tribes were forcibly removed from the Ver...View all